USHFC Honors Guckenheimer Cafés with REAL Certification

The United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) announced that four Guckenheimer cafés are the first contract foodservice operations in the nation to achieve REAL Certification. The announcement, which concludes a six-month pilot program, was revealed at the first annual Menus of Change leadership summit, co-presented by The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) Certification, a program of the USHFC,

first began as an assurance of nutrition and sustainability best-practices in restaurants, starting with

certified locations in Washington D.C., where the nonprofit is headquartered. These new REAL Certified locations mark the expansion of the program nationally, as well as with foodservice vendors running café operations within corporations, universities, hotels, senior living facilities, event centers, and more.

The four inaugural contract foodservice facilities to become REAL Certified are: